More songs by Claire Holley


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"SLEEP, SLEEP" by Claire Holley www.claireholley.com
From Downstream: A Weathervane Compilation (1998)
Rerecorded for her 2001 self-titled album
Written by Claire Chamblin Holley
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net

Capo 8th fret.

INTRO:  G    D/F# G    D/F#
        Em   %    A    %
        G    D/F# G    D/F#
        Em   %    A    %    A4   %


          D         /C#      /B    /A
There's a fire just over the plain
    G              %        A            %
The captain of the show has gone for the day
    D     /C#         /B       /A
But leave this one to me, love
     G        %   A    %   [REPEAT INTRO]
I'll put it out before you wake


          D          /C#           /B    /A
There's a time and a place for the sun
        G            %         A           %
But the streetlamp tonight has finally won
       D         /C#              /B     /A
And it shines so soft through the pines
    G               %    A  %         G    D/F# G    D/F#
And plays with your face as you there lie


    G      D/F#   G      D/F#
    Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep
      Em7              %      A4        %
    I don't want these noises bothering you
    G      D/F#   G      D/F#
    Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep
              Em7      %            A4  %  %
    You're so beautiful when you're gone
    %        *
    When you sleep


SOLO:   D    /C#  /B   /A
        G    %    A    %
        D    /C#  /B   /A
        G    %    A    %    %    %


          D          /C#       /B    /A
There's a man on the night radio
         G              %          A        %
And he's played all the songs from Betty to Joe
         D       /C#          /B    /A
Now it's old Ray Charles on piano
        G            %        A    %     G    D/F# G    D/F#
Singing scratchy and low of a love gone away


    G      D/F#   G      D/F#
    Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep
      Em7              %      A4        %
    I don't want these noises bothering you
    G      D/F#   G      D/F#
    Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep
              Em7      %            A4  %  %
    You're so beautiful when you're gone
    %        *
    When you sleep


OUTRO:  D    /C#  /B   /A
        G    %    A    %
        D    /C#  /B   /A
        Em   %    A    %
        D    /C#  /B   /A
        Em   %    A    %    %    %
        G    D/F# G    D/F# G    D/F#

Transcribed 2023-07-21 by T-rev
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3x0230 G6sus2
2x0230 Dadd9/F#
02x030 Em7
x02230 Asus4
xx0230 Dsus2
x4x230 D/C#
x2x230 D/B
x0x230 D/A

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